[Versa] Question about query

[Uche Ogbuji]

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:15 -0600, Michael Olson wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Chimezie Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> >> The following is a legal expression in Versa:
> >>
> >>    <http://foo.com>
> >>
> >
> > This doesn't look like current Versa syntax for identifying resources
> > (unless you had the previously suggested <..uri ..> form in mind -
> > from N3), so I'll assume you meant (@'http://foo.com').
> 
> see  
> http://lists.fourthought.com/pipermail/versa/2005-August/000086.html  
> and issue 1010 in the issue log.
> 
> Since I've received no objections to the proposal I've moved it to  
> accepted so it is valid next gen versa.

I don't think this is proper procedure.  Even when we've all three
caught up on all threads, all we have is a set of proposals.

For sure, I don't agree with everything you have in your draft of Versa
2.0.  I think we have a decent amount of discussion to continue.

And we also have to remember to throw things out for public discussion.

So we don't have anything at all that is "valid next gen versa".


> So are we in agreement, the following queries return an empty set if  
> the resource is not in the model:
> 
> <http://foo.com/res>
> @"http://foo.com/res"
> foo:res

What does it mean for a Versa resource data type to be the actual
resource itself, and not just its name?  It hurts my head to try to make
sense of that.  I think these are just names, and therefore I draw the
opposite conclusion.


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